Tie and spacing means for plastic construction



1 623,33 April 1927" w. M. GOLDSMlTH TIE AND SPACING MEANS FOR PLASTIC CONSTRUCTION Filed July 5, 1922 3 Hum 1* 01:

William M. Ga/ds m/zh Patented Apr. 5, 1927.

UNITED STATES OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. eoLnsm'rm-or omcnma'rr, .omo, Assmnon r THE eonnsm'rn METAL Lara courm, or cnrcnmn'rr, orno.

TIE AND S PACING MEANS FOR PLASTIC CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed July 3, 1922. Serial No. 572,472.

An object of my invention is to provide a simple and efiicient tie and spacing means I to be employed for the suspension of. ceilings from plastic structures such as. concrete floors,- etc.

Another object of my invention to rovide a device for the purpose stated'w 1ch may be readily adapted to space the ceilings I at various determinable distances from the- 10 plastic structures supporting the ceilings.

- These and other objects are attained by means described herein and disclosed in the accompanyingdrawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a ceiling ,15 tie embodying myinvention mounted in an operable position.

V Fig. 2 isa sectional View thru a mold section showing a plastic having embedded in it a device embodying my invention.

Fig. 3 is a fragmental section of a'device embodying my invention spacing two plastic masses.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a supporting element forming a detail of my invention.

element forming a detail of my invention.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a cap formin a detail of my invention. he fragmental slab 6 is part of a floor structure which may be made out of reinforced concrete as is commonly done in the structural arts.- At the time when the mold 7 is formed for the reception of the lastic 3'5 concrete 6, a cap 8 is mountedupon t e upper face of the mold 7 in suchposition that it will be disposed upon the lower face of the concrete 6 after the concrete has set. The cap 8 has developed on it longitudinally extending ridges 9 and 10 forme by creating the grooves 14 and 15m the cap and 1n which grooves the arms 11 and 12 of the hanger13 may be disposed. The perforations 16 and 17 formed in the ridges are disposed adjacent one end of the cap, and

the arms 11 and 12 of the hanger may be inserted thru the perforationslG and 17 in order to assemble the cap and hanger preparatory to mounting same on the mold 7. .The cap may be securedupon the mold by suitable means such as nails 25 which may passed thru slots '18 in thecap. The e e 19 formed on the hanger intermediate t e armsll and 12 is, in the assembled form of the cap andhanger, disposed upon the side Fig. 5 is aperspectiveview ofa spacing of the cap upwardly from which project the ridges 9 and 10. fter the plastic has set, and'the mold 7 has been removed, the arms :11 and 12 may be bent downwardly or away tubular like'structure having its longer in-' ternal diameter substantially equal to the outside distance of the arms 11 and 12,and having its smaller internal diameter substantially equal to the diameter or thickness 'of the arms 11 and 12. After the spacer has been mounted upon the arms 11 and 12, furring member 22 is brought into engagement with the lower edge of the spacing clip 21, between the arms 11. and 12. The free ends of the arms 11 and 12 are then twisted about one another or in any other suitable manner secured so as to retain the furring member 22 in position as shown in Fig. 1 and 3. The lath 23 is then mounted upon the members'22 and plastic 24 may then be mounted upon the. lath. The lath 23 may be mounted upon the furring members 22 in any suitable manner such as by means of pieces of wire asis common practice, or any a hanger comprising a metallic rod having.

an eye formed intermediate its ends extending thru the perforations in the top whereby the ends of the hanger may lodge within the grooves, the eye assuming aposition such that it will be embedded in a plastic material placed over 'the cap, and a spacer clip adapted to be mounted on the free ends of the hanger. p

2. As a new article of manufacture for use with plastic construction, a cap adapted to be mounted upon the mold and adapted l to be sub'ected on one side to a plastic mate- 3. As a new article of manufacture for use with plastic construction, a ca adapted to be mounted upon the mold an adapted to be subjected on one side to a plastic material, an insert passing thru the cap, a spacer clip adapted to be mounted. upon the insert portion: extending from the lastic, and a support member adapted to secured in engagement upon the spacing clip by the insert.

4. In plastic construction the combination of a plastic mass, a hanger having an eye portion embedded in the massand suspended therefrom, a support bar suspended at the free end of the hanger and spaced from said mass, spacer meansfor rigidly retaining the support'bar in its spaced relation to the mass, and a ceiling structure suspended from the support bar.

5. As a new article of manufacture for use with plastic construction, a cap adapted to be mounted upon a mold and adapted to be subjected on one side toa plastic material, an insert passing through the cap and extending from the plastic for sus ending a support bar in spaced relation to t e plastie and a spacer clip cooperating with the insert for rlgidly securing the support bar against movement toward and away from plastic.

6. In plastic construction the combination of a plastic mass capable of etrification, a hanger having a portion em edded in the mass and having a free portion extending from the mass, a support bar attached to'the free portion of the hanger, s acer means between the support bar 3.1K mass, the hanger retaining the support bar against the spacer for retaining the spacer against the mass, whereby the support bar. 1s retained in spaced relation to the mass, and a ceiling structure carried by the support in testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 30th day of June, 1922.

' WILLIAM GOLDSMITH. 

